Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad

Ralph Boston, Lynn Davies and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates18 October
Competitors37 from 23 nations
Medalists
 Lynn Davies  Great Britain
 Ralph Boston  United States
 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan  Soviet Union
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Athletics at the
1964 Summer Olympics
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The men's long jump was one of four men's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 18 October 1964. 37 athletes from 23 nations entered, with 5 not starting in the qualification round.

The finals were conducted in a rainstorm on a dirt track, with the temperature reported at 13.5 °C (56.3 °F). In the preliminary rounds of the final, the three medalists had separated themselves from the others, but leading qualifier, defending champion, Olympic record-holder and recent new world record holder Ralph Boston was ahead of the previous world record holder Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Lynn Davies was 19 cm behind. In the fourth round, under improving conditions, all three leaders improved. Davies was only 2cm behind Ter-Ovanesyan. In the fifth round Davies jumped 8.07 m (26 ft 51⁄2 in) to take the lead, and Ter-Ovanesyan passed Boston with a 7.99 m (26 ft 21⁄2 in). Boston fouled and was now 11cm behind. Boston improved on his final jump, equalling his qualifying mark of 8.03 m (26 ft 4 in) to take the silver.

Results

Qualification

The qualification standard was 7.60 metres with a minimum of 12 jumpers advancing. Each jumper had three opportunities. Since only 5 jumpers met the standard, the next 7 longest jumpers also advanced.

Place Athlete Nation Best mark Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3
1 Ralph Boston United States 8.03 metres 8.03 —
2 Lynn Davies Great Britain 7.78 metres 7.39 X 7.78
3 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union 7.78 metres 7.78 —
4 Gayle Hopkins United States 7.67 metres 7.67 —
5 Wariboko West Nigeria 7.62 metres 7.62 —
6 Wolfgang Klein Germany 7.59 metres 7.59 X 7.54
7 John Michael Morbey Great Britain 7.56 metres X X 7.56
8 Michael Ahey Ghana 7.53 metres 7.21 7.26 7.53
9 Jean Cochard France 7.52 metres 6.96 X 7.52
10 Luis Felipe Areta Spain 7.46 metres 7.31 7.46 7.34
11 Andrzej Stalmach Poland 7.46 metres 7.27 7.46 X
12 Yamada Hiroomi Japan 7.46 metres X 7.46 X
13 Pentti Eskola Finland 7.43 metres 7.43 7.35 X
14 Antanas Vaupshas Soviet Union 7.43 metres X X 7.43
15 Leonid Barkovskiy Soviet Union 7.39 metres 7.30 7.39 X
16 Sungay Akpata Nigeria 7.34 metres X X 7.34
17 Raitcho Stoytchev Bulgaria 7.33 metres X 7.33 7.29
18 Hans-Helmut Trense Germany 7.30 metres 7.09 7.20 7.30
19 Wellesley Clayton Jamaica 7.28 metres 6.75 X 7.28
20 Kawazu Koro Japan 7.28 metres 7.28 X X
21 Klaus Beer Germany 7.27 metres X 7.25 7.27
22 Fred Alsop Great Britain 7.26 metres 7.26 X X
Phillip Shinnick United States 7.26 metres 7.26 X X
24 Alain Levèvre France 7.24 metres 6.77 X 7.24
25 Dimos Manglaras Greece 7.21 metres 7.06 7.11 7.21
26 Takayanagi Satoshi Japan 7.15 metres 7.15 X X
27 Ian Tomlinson Australia 7.07 metres 7.07 X X
28 Henrik Kalocsai Hungary 6.99 metres 6.94 6.99 X
29 S. Bondada Venkata India 6.76 metres X 6.76 X
30 David Samuel Cruz Puerto Rico 6.74 metres X 6.74 6.72
31 Chu Ming Hong Kong 6.41 metres 6.41 X 4.91
32 Iftikhar Shah Pakistan No mark X X X
— Joseph Adjei Ghana Did not start —
Constantin Badea Romania Did not start —
William Kamanyi Uganda Did not start —
George Ogan Nigeria Did not start —
Samir Ambrose Vincent Iraq Did not start —

Final

For the final, the qualification marks were ignored and each jumper received three jumps. The six jumpers with the best marks in the final were awarded three more attempts, and their best mark from all six of the final jumps was considered.

Place Athlete Nation Best mark Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3 Jump 4 Jump 5 Jump 6
1 Lynn Davies Great Britain 8.07 metres 7.45 X 7.59 7.78 8.07 7.74
2 Ralph Boston United States 8.03 metres 7.76 7.85 7.62 7.88 X 8.03
3 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union 7.99 metres 7.78 X 7.64 7.80 7.99 7.81
4 Wariboko West Nigeria 7.60 metres 7.56 7.51 7.50 7.40 7.60 X
5 Jean Cochard France 7.44 metres X X 7.44 7.43 7.26 7.10
6 Luis Felipe Areta Spain 7.34 metres 7.20 7.31 7.34 5.16 X 6.99
7 Michael Ahey Ghana 7.30 metres 6.99 7.00 7.30
8 Andrzej Stalmach Poland 7.26 metres 7.26 7.10 X
9 Yamada Hiroomi Japan 7.16 metres 6.94 X 7.16
10 Wolfgang Klein Germany 7.15 metres 7.06 7.13 7.15
11 John Michael Morbey Great Britain 7.09 metres 7.09 6.91 6.77
12 Gayle Hopkins United States No mark X X X

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